The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-04-06

a. d. Drew was expected TO arrive mere the
first of the present week
West FairIee.
FRANK CHEsLEY is sick with pneumonia.
- Fred, twelve-year-old son Of Samuel
Paul of Ely, lost n thumb and one finger, on
Friday, while playing with a nitro-glycerine
cartridge. =- The ladies of this village
gave crazy tea with other exercises, on
Friday evening, with their usual success in
such affairs. 49, j. Eastman is out again.
Most of the other sufferers from the prevail
ing epidemic are convalescent.
Williamstown.
Miss EMMA i. AINswoRTH is visiting the
family of pr. n. w. Perry of Burlington.
She has postponed for season her return
to the West. &C. Mrs Mallon Il. Davis,
daughter of the late Mr.. Ira Smith, has sold
her farm in Hockey QIarris county,,
Texas, and will come North to live. She
has in mind Philadelphia, Pa. where her
two brothers reside, or Ann Arbor, Mich
as, perhaps, her future home. - Warren
5. Covel has just lost four-year-old colt
which had been allowed the free use of u
large stable. 1t is thought the injuries
causing its death may have been received
by jumping on to box there was in the
stable. - Adna G.. Downs went to his
barn, few days ago, to find one of his
horses had a broken leg, for which there
was no remedy. He had to kill it. -
was six degrees below zero. No " fooling "
about that. - resident of Boston,
Mass, had occasion to visit our place, not
long ago, coming in from Mortified and
going to the south part of the town. He is
reported as saying he had not supposed
there was as much snow in all the United
states as he encountered in Williamstown.
- A villager, digging in his garden
lately for horseradish and parsnips, found
the ground was not frozen at all. Similar
reports come from other parties. 80 Mr..
Hiram Dexter came up last week from his
home on Martha's Vineyard, Mass, to at
tend TO his business matters here. He has
been quite feeble of late. 60 Mrs. Flor
ence Field accompanied her sister, Mrs.
Return 5. Davis, to Salem, Mass, where
she is to work for the present for Mr.. Davis.
60 Mrs Elisha Il. Gale, milliner, is to
occupy the William s. Beckett house hence
forth: &C Albern Briggs is in very poor
health, we hear, from a liver difficulty.
- Herbert l.. Platt reports the making
last year OF an average of two hundred fifty
five pounds of butter from each of nine cows,
TWO of which were two-year-od heifers
and two others farrow cows. This is an in
crease of ten pounds per COW over the pre-
vious year-a step in the right direction
- The residents of the Albert NJ. Good
rich district, without a dissenting voice,
voted at their late school-meeting to repair
their school-house. Warren S. Covel was
appointed the committee to take charge of
the work. Christopher Hood has the Job of
making the repairs Where so much good
work aside from school work. in the way
of readings, farmers club meetings or the
like is done each winter as in this school
house, good and pleasant building is
surely deserved. - Clarence Tarbell
has been hired by Howard Winchester
for farm work the coming season. 60
Al. the late school-meetings the following
committees were chosen; b. f. Sibley in
the village district, Walter Williams in the
Calvin Flint district, Henry Martin in the
William G.. Putnam district, Orville III.
Briggs in the Folensby Goodrich district
and Ed" j. Poor in the II. ID. Abbott dis
trict. - The Flint Brothers report per-
haps 100000 feet of logs which they have
this season hauled to their own mill for
saving. They consist of both hard and soft
wood. They have just cut two twelve-feet
sticks of red birch that squared sixteen
inches, and which are to be used in connec
ton with derrick on the Williamstown
quarry of Wells, Lamson & Pirie. -
Union Fast day services will be held at the
Congregational church at eleven o'clock A.
NJ. Friday next. Everybody cordially in
vted to attend. Rev. r. ID. Miller will
preach, and, judging by the past, may be
expected to give a sermon well worth going
to hear. - Mrs. Ellen Kathan Morse Of
Barre and Mrs. Emma Lynde Mayo of
Mortified were with old friends in town
over Sunday last - We hear that Miss
Stella Martin, daughter of Mr.. Denison
Martin, is about to go to Middletown, Ct,
as an attendant in the insane ASYLUM
- Landlord Charles Peters has had a
chance to sell his hotel here at an advance
upon the cost, but prefers to remain in it,
in view OF the expected boom " with the
advent of the railroad. - 1t seems that
the Central Vermont Railroad Company
proposes to go to work upon the extension
IF t1a oil -,
the snow (at the present time very deep
Will admit. Under an April sun it must
soon " melt to naught. - Messrs. Jason
III. Jeffords and Sumner Wheatley stepped
into the ranks of The grandfathers April 1st
a son having been born on that day to their
Mr.. and Mrs. Haden JeffOrds
now of East Brooktield. - Henry York
has moved to the granite district in the
southeast corner of Barre, and into the
house with Mr.. Cogswell. - orion Field
will work for Mr.. Erastus Hubbard of
Montpelier the coming season, and his
brother, f. A. Field, will occupy the home
farm - Miss Flora Erskine is engaged
to teach the summer school in the Charles
Erskine district. - The Ladies' Liter
airy Club met yesterday with Mrs. George
A. Ainsworth. The subject of study was
the administration of John Adams. -
Mrs. DR.. G. w. McCearn is so far improved
in health as to be able to ride out on pleas
ant days. - George Sibley is to remain
as clerk in j. X. Lynde's store. -
Harvey l.. Cheney was elected committee
in the David Gale district. j. b.
Brockway has agreed to sell his house OPP
posite the Asa S. Simonds place to Mrs. Hol-
loway Merrill and her sister, Miss Jean
nette Wiley, provided he can find house
for the present occupant. to whom he has
just rented it for the year to come. 60 Up
TO yesterday afternoon Lyman Drury con-
tinued to fail.